Re: ascii
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 07:45:20 GMT, ray...@number.net <ray...@number.net> wrote:
> I am still waiting for some master artist to try Times Roman
The reason ascii artists use fixed width fonts is that they're visible on
all systems and look roughly the same. If you try to view variable-width
art with even a slightly different font than the creator used, it's often
completely unintelligible.
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Harry Mason ("hjm200.ecs@soton@ac@uk" =~ tr/@./.@/)
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